Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26222858-20150917141812/@comment-6769189-20150929201045

The cutscenes are there to show us the narrative we are meant to see sans a few instances in 1. If Rebellion is being carried on Dante's back during the Cerberus scene regardless of the equipped weapon, then Rebellion was on his back when he obtained Cerberus. Much like Dante vs. Vergil 1. Regardless if we as the player get a flawless victory we are to understand were losing the fight with landing little to no attacks.

Yes, Dante can DT without Rebellion so long as he is drawing on power from another DA, but we have no instances of Dante or any other part-demon characters using DT without a Devil Arm to power it.